In this worksheet, students create an experiment for how a plant grows. They’re asked to identify all the relevant variables, consider wether they’ve created a fair test, and make a hypothesis based on what they already know.
Investigate the physical conditions of a habitat and analyse how the growth and survival of living things is affected by changing physical conditions
Write and create texts to communicate ideas and findings for specific purposes and audiences, including selection of language features, using digital tools as appropriate
Compare methods and findings with those of others, recognise possible sources of error, pose questions for further investigation and select evidence to draw reasoned conclusions
Examine why advances in science are often the result of collaboration or build on the work of others
Pose investigable questions to identify patterns and test relationships and make reasoned predictions
Plan and conduct repeatable investigations to answer questions including, as appropriate, deciding the variables to be changed, measured and controlled in fair tests; describing potential risks; planning for the safe use of equipment and materials; and identifying required permissions to conduct investigations on Country/Place
Construct and use appropriate representations, including tables, graphs and visual or physical models, to organise and process data and information and describe patterns, trends and relationships
Use equipment to observe, measure and record data with reasonable precision, using digital tools as appropriate
Identify, plan and apply the elements of scientific investigations to answer questions and solve problems using equipment and materials safely and identifying potential risks
Decide variables to be changed and measured in fair tests, and observe measure and record data with accuracy using digital technologies as appropriate
Communicate ideas, explanations and processes using scientific representations in a variety of ways, including multi-modal texts
With guidance, pose clarifying questions and make predictions about scientific investigations
Science involves testing predictions by gathering data and using evidence to develop explanations of events and phenomena and reflects historical and cultural contributions
Compare data with predictions and use as evidence in developing explanations
The growth and survival of living things are affected by physical conditions of their environment
Reflect on and suggest improvements to scientific investigations
Decide which variables should be changed, measured and controlled in fair tests and accurately observe, measure and record data
Compare data with predictions and use as evidence in developing explanations
With guidance, pose questions to clarify practical problems or inform a scientific investigation, and predict what the findings of an investigation might be based on previous experiences or general rules
Suggest improvements to the methods used to investigate a question or solve a problem
The growth and survival of living things are affected by the physical conditions of their environment
Communicate ideas and processes using evidence to develop explanations of events and phenomena and to identify simple cause-and-effect relationships
With guidance, plan appropriate investigation types to answer questions or solve problems and use equipment, technologies and materials safely, identifying potential risks
Plans and conducts scientific investigations to answer testable questions, and collects and summarises data to communicate conclusions
Plans and uses materials, tools and equipment to develop solutions for a need or opportunity
Examines how the environment affects the growth, survival and adaptation of living things
Explains how food and fibre are produced sustainably in managed environments for health and nutrition
Explains how digital systems represent data, connect together to form networks and transmit data
Defines problems, and designs, modifies and follows algorithms to develop solutions
Explains the effect of heat on the properties and behaviour of materials
Explains how the properties of materials determines their use for a range of purposes
Explains how energy is transformed from one form to another
Investigates the effects of increasing or decreasing the strength of a specific contact or non-contact force
Explains regular events in the solar system and geological events on the Earth’s surface